Schoolgirls go wild in Lifetime TV movie

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Lifetime has greenlighted the original movie "Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal," based on a true story about five out-of-control teenage girls.

Ashley Benson ("Bring It On: In It to Win It") plays Brooke Tippit, captain of the cheerleading squad and daughter of principal Lorene Tippit (Tatum O'Neal, FX's "Rescue Me"), whose groups of friends -- known as the Fab Five -- constantly disobey school rules and disregard teachers while administrators turn the other way.

When young teacher Emma Carr (Jenna Dewan, "Step Up") joins the faculty as the new cheerleading coach, she tries to discipline them, only to be asked to resign. Then she decides to take the story to the local and national media.

The real version of the events took place at a high school in the Dallas suburb of McKinney; the story broke in late 2006. "Fab Five" is set to premiere on the women's cable channel in the summer.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter